"Sevvie" (was Re: Snape's DE past (for the record))

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Totorivers wrote:
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And please give me quote of Snape 
> being particularly witty or something, because it is an assumption 
> everyone makes, and there *are* scenes where Snape seems 
> particularly dumb.
> 

Potioncat:
Fair enough!  I'll show you witty if you'll show me dumb.  I have to 
apologise for not providing actual quotes. Everything will be 
paraphrased.

SS/PS: Logic puzzle.  Opening speech in Potions class. 

CoS: After Ginny is taken to the Chamber, Snape greets Lockhart as 
the savior and tricks him into "Going after the monster."  which all 
the teachers go along with, knowing Lockhart will hide and get out 
of their way.

PoA: Wolfsbane Potion, which, if we believe Lupin, takes great 
skill.  Assigning the werewolf paper to reveal Lupin's secret. He 
flips out in the Shrieking Shack...no, not a good example.  He flips 
out in the hospital wing...oops, not so good either.  Well, he's no 
James Bond.

GoF: Keeping Harry distracted while DD comes down, while appearing 
to be interfering with Harry's efforts.  (Harry is looking for DD, 
and Snape says DD is too busy to see him.)  Making whatever 
preparations to go do whatever DD was sending him to do. (Which I 
think happened after the scene just mentioned.)

OoP:  He gives Umbridge fake veritaserum, knowing she doesn't have a 
clue how to use it or whether it is real.  And when she asks for 
more asks, "You didn't use it all, did you? Three drops were enough."

He gets Crabbe/Goyle(can't recall which) to loosen his hold on 
Neville without seeming to really be concerned about Neville.


Snape is doing something for the Order.  He isn't a trained spy.  
He's a person in a position to find information.

The main reason I follow Snape so closely is that the first book 
was "spoiled" for me when someone gave it away that Snape wasn't the 
bad guy.  At that point on, I read Snape differently.  I never did 
suspect Quirrell!

Potioncat